xenstore-paths: Specify ipvX/$INDEX/prefix

In the guest-reported IP address in xenstore, it's useful to know which
subnet it belongs to.

Add a specification for a subkey of each IP address, containing that
address's subnet prefix.

Signed-off-by: Tu Dinh <ngoc-tu.dinh@vates.tech>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
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Tu Dinh authored and Jan Beulich committed 2026-07-23 10:20:45 +02:00
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@@ -564,6 +564,16 @@ address written in one of these paths to, for example, establish a VNC
session to the guest (although clearly some level of trust is placed
in the value supplied by the guest in this case).
#### ~/attr/vif/$DEVID/ipv4/$INDEX/prefix = INTEGER [w]
#### ~/attr/vif/$DEVID/ipv6/$INDEX/prefix = INTEGER [w]
Paths of this form may be written by the guest to indicate the network
prefix length of the IP address at the corresponding $INDEX.
An IPv4 prefix value can be in the range of 0 to 32.
An IPv6 prefix value can be in the range of 0 to 128.
#### ~/error [w]
A domain writable path used by some PV drivers to pass error messages
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